Re: Apple2Info.Net is Back Online!

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"John" <zzzjoki@yahoo.com> wrote in message 1179412691.619997.308400@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com">news:1179412691.619997.308400@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
: On May 16, 7:10 pm, Dave Touvell <apple2info....@gmail.com> wrote:
: > Apple2Info.Net is back on line at the same address:http://apple2info.net.
: >
: > The Apple ][ Links is back at:http://links.apple2.info.net.
: >
: > The latest backups I had were from 5-Sep-06 for apple2info.net and 28-
: > Oct-06 for the links site. I think these were the last updates that I
: > did, but if anybody has a newer one, let me know.
: >
: > Hopefully my new el-cheapo host will stick around awhile this time.
: >
: > Dave
:
: In CFforAppleII_Manual_1.0 it said the SanDisk CF cards
: manage or map out bad sectors dynamically. Do all or most
: CF cards do this? Is data moved to a safe place, somehow,
: when a sector starts to fail?

I have yet to come across one that doesn't.

: In you opinion or best guess, would typical reliability
: be much greater than, about the same as, or less than
: older A2 HD?

Are we comparing new to old, or new to when it was new?
I'd expect something new to outlast something that is
10-20 years old.

: (I picked up a couple of linear flash cards for a Newton
: recently which were used in a router and wonder if I'll
: see data loss later, or just a few less bytes over time)

You should see less bytes immediately, even on a brand
new card, because of the percentage of bits set aside
for the purpose of mapping out future bad sectors.

William Garber
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